SINNING OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP AT THE ENFRANCE OF THE HARBOUR OF SEBASTOPOL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 229, 10 January 1855, Page 4

SINNING OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP AT THE ENFRANCE OF THE HARBOUR OF SEBASTOPOL.

; Britotmia. off tlie Kstscha, \ September 24, 1854, ' \ Sra,—lts siy letter of yesterday, No. 4 %H. I i reported the eximardinnrv change that had ; tal;t'H phsce its tlje posiuon hilhert'} maiiiUnned i :by Uie'stip^nyV1 fl^et in the lujrhotir of S*?V<a<;t»>- : y-H, and I-ijyw h"% you «ili acfiuaint th« Lortin ; Ciimniissitjners <tf the Admiralty, thm the same ! ■ aftft'rno'on, ■on the «ppear«nce of the ASiied ] Flerts'■ i« si«ijt of Si.-i'!JStojto!,-the ivhoie of she | •»e»sets m«'in«t tjcroys the b:ubaur were-sunk by ! tiifi liussirt-nf,-iea^injr tij«;r niflsts more or less ] ;*l-vVy waier^■ anil I--wei»t iust eveaiiJg' tu-Uie

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